Today’s guest on the Expat Money Show is Luigi Wewege, Senior Vice President and Head of Private Banking at Caye International Bank, headquartered on the beautiful island of Ambergris Caye in Belize. He is also the published author of The Digital Banking Revolution.

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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• What is an Offshore Bank?
• Why don’t people use their local bank?
• Reasons why offshore banks would help
• What if you have a 9-5 job as an expat in a new country?
• Asset Protection – how it would help
• Zero tax jurisdiction
• Jurisdictions that are famous
• De-risking and what it is
• What is FATCA & CRS
• KYC and Money Laundering
• Accounts with multiple currencies
• Who can apply
• Luigi’s book:  The Digital Banking Revolution
• And so much more….

Here are 5 really important things you will learn from this conversation:

1. Take your application seriously. This is not like your local banks. Work with a 3rd party that has a reputation with the bank.
2. Offshore banking has different price points than domestic banks
3. Offshore costs more
4. International business & Asset protection and diversification
5. Take your jurisdiction seriously, they are not all the same

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CONCLUSION

Great conversation with my good friend Luigi Wewege. As I mentioned at the beginning of the interview, we met almost 3 years ago in Dubai and became fast friends. He’s one of the reasons I moved my family to Panama, all the great things he talked about living here. This is a really great video interview with him about all things Offshore.

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Rachel Jensen is the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for ECI Development, a regional development company based throughout Latin America in Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Argentina, and Nicaragua.

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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• Real Estate in Belize: Key considerations for buying property abroad, including safety, viability, and investment soundness, with tips to minimize risks
• Gran Vineyard Estates Argentina: ECI Development’s venture offering affordable properties compared to Napa Valley
  • Options: personal use, partial rental, or full rental
  • Locations: Ocean, Gulf, Caribbean, inland, island, and vineyard
  • Description: Living at the foothills of the Andes, surrounded by vineyards

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CONCLUSION

I just loved interviewing Rachel Jensen from ECI Development. She is a wealth of knowledge on best practices for real estate in Central & South America. Her expertise in buying real estate in Belize in incredible. If you’ve ever wanted to dabble in buying or selling international real estate, this is the episode for you.

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Today’s interview is with Kathleen Peddicord, founding Publisher of Live and Invest Overseas. After more than 30 years in the business, she is considered the world’s foremost authority on the best places to retire overseas.

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WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

• Top Places to Retire or Live in 2019
• Live and Invest Overseas
• Best Cities to Retire 2019 Criteria
• Best Places to Retire Overseas

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CONCLUSION

This was a really fun episode with Kathleen Peddicord. I was so intrigued by her list of 10 Best Places to Retire Overseas that I want to now go and visit them. You’ll hear on this episode the cities and countries I’m familiar with and the ones I’m not!

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